Hugh Forrest

Hugh Forrest serves as the director of the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival. This event brings together more than 30,000 digital creatives from across the United States and around the world. Forrest was named "Austinite of the Year" in February 2012 by the Austin Chamber of Commerce (along with fellow SXSW Directors Roland Swenson, Louis Black and Nick Barbaro). In June 2014, Forrest and these other SXSW Directors were named Austin Entrepreneurs of the Year by Ernst & Young.